Language sitemap guitars licks pentatonic blues 15. Five pentatonic licks in pattern 3 for electric guitar solos in the styles blues, rock and pop with music notes, tab tablature and sound. Pdf e book lead guitar licks lesson pentatonic scales rock. Minor pentatonic scales to introduce a novice guitar player to the world of rock music requires that he learn a series of scales, which we can call the tools of the trade. Must know minor penatonic lick plus the 5 pentatonic. Some people find it easier to think in minor terms, and some find it easier to think in minor and. The second shows you all 6 patterns i show you in the lessons. Pentatonic scales can be broken up into patterns and shown on a guitar neck diagram. In case you missed it, last week i did a lesson on guitar modal scales and how they overlap. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic.
The use of minor thirds in a major key is much more effective if juxtaposed with major thirds. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. Experiment with different patterns and positions and learn. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. The secret to why minor pentatonic scales are so useful. This guitar guide is second to none in providing a clear and simple guitar tutorial. The guitar neck diagram shows you the big picture for the a minor pentatonic scale. The major pentatonic scale is a wonderful, simple way to add colour to your blues playing.
Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3 in this lesson. For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson. In the example solo, im using various minor pentatonic scales. This jazz guitar method is an ebook available as a pdf with standard notation, guitar tabs, diagrams, analysis, audio files and backing tracks. Pentatonic patterns for improvisation sample preparatory exercises below is an example of what i call pentatonic exercise 1 in the key of c major. Many intermediate guitarists get stuck playing only this scale over a dominant blues.
Ive also included some absolute must know blues licks inspired by albert king, b. Combining the pentatonic scale 3 licks with tab pdf youtube. Lets start this scale with the finger one in the next fingering. Heres a quick rundown on the pentatonic boxes, and how they relate to the caged system.
This first file shows you the first licks that i play at the start and the picking. I tried to create these licks to really emphasize those comfort zones in each of these positions, he explains. The collection is comprised of my favorite pentatonic rock licks and phrases in the style of jimi hendrix, eric clapton, jimmy page, angus young, billy gibbons, pat travers, michael schenker, steve lukather and neal schon. My concern is with content and quality of educational material not fancy labels and pretty pictures. A way to practice the pentatonic patterns free pdf hey blues players, today i would like to show you an exercise that can help you to improve the connection between minor pentatonic patterns. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. The pentatonic scale is used heavily in lead guitar for blues and rock guitar. It is a warm contrast to the minor pentatonicblues scale and is often used right next to the minor pentatonic to suddenly lift a solo into a happier, major territory. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in. Learn major pentatonic licks for guitar in this simple lesson. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes.
We also give you a 17 page pdf which details the 5 pentatonic shapes. In these 3 licks i hope it will change how you view the pentatonic scale and most of all give you ideas. Why the minor pentatonic scale is not the best option to use am pentatonic scale box position lets start with questioning the good old minor pentatonic scale. Here is the list of the printable pdf methods with audio files available for download. The minor pentatonic scale for guitar jazz guitar online. Learn your major pentatonic scale and practice pentatonic exercise 1 in all 12 keys. Major pentatonic licks for guitar fundamental changes music. Register on the site still free get pdf downloads for many lesson, your.
This guide maps out various pentatonic and blues scales including. Once you know the patterns you can play pentatonic scales in any key because the patterns are moveable. Just remember to line the root notes of your scale shape up with the root note of your chord or key. As well as practicing scale patterns, you should also learn common licks and phrases that you can apply to your jazz guitar solos. Understand how the major pentatonic relates to the minor pentatonic and grab some great licks. Once you are familiar with the intervallic characteristics of the scale, it should be very easy to play in any key. The minor pentatonic is probably the scale that a great part of all guitarists learn as a first scale. Well learn how to extend the blues and pentatonic scales out past the open position to cover some of the other licks in down to the station. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Ive only added hammerons and vibrato to some of the notes. See more ideas about pentatonic scale, pentatonic scale guitar and guitar lessons.
A minor pentatonic also know as c major pentatonic. The minor pentatonic scale by paul tauterouff the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock, blues, country and jazz music. On this page there are easy to follow tabs along with audio at three different. This printable pdf ebook available for free download contains 6 easy jazz guitar licks with tabsnotation, youtube video link and. Bend the b3rd or c note a quarter to a half step to the major 3rd. In this lesson you will be learning some ways to use the pentatonic scale in a solo. This is also a minor scale, and so it will work best with minor chords although feel free to experiment. Rock blues licks scales and applications in pdf ebook format shipped to you on a plain nonlabeled cd for you to label any way you wish. One of my readers, tim, sent me an email right after that lesson went live and asked about the same concept using minor pentatonic scales so like i always. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook.
King, he is the master of maximising guitar licks and particularly blues guitar licks. Licks shock the world with rock bonus pentatonic scale pdf free. I have already done several lessons on how to apply the minor pentatonic scale in jazz. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3. Intro to the minor pentatonic scale, the caged system, scale degrees vs. Major pentatonic licks for guitar fundamental changes. Its a great scale to start with on guitar, we can use open strings and that makes the scale easy to learn. Learn these licks one by one, understand how they fit the particular position that theyre in, and then make your own.
One of the things that the minor pentatonic scale does not do that well is minor 6 th, half diminished and dominant chords. This first lick is a good technical exercise to get the root position of the minor pentatonic scale under your fingers. With these pdf we will do exercises with the major pentatonic for the bass. However, since most rock and metal revolves around the minor pentatonic box 1, rb345b7, well focus on that when we start running sequences and patterns. For this lesson, david created five licks in a g minor pentatonic context using the five positions. Just divide the neck of your guitar in the middle with an imaginary line, from the headstock to the bridge. Typical pentatonic blues licks welcome to lesson 3 of the pentatonic scale, pentatonic blues licks. Several typical pentatonic blues licks will be used as a starting point to develop your knowledge of the pentatonic scale. This lesson will help you build licks that move smoothly between the two scales, in a blues context but. Jazz guitar lessons pdf methods with audio files online. In this lesson youll learn the one scale that is responsible for about 95% of all the blues licks you hear the minor pentatonic and minor blues scale. For now try the bends in a minor pentatonic using the basic box shape. As the e minor pentatonic e g a b d phrases in figure 1ab illustrate, blues licks are typically inflected with frethand pitch bends, frethand vibrato, and legato moves like hammerons and pulloffs.
A minor pentatonicblues scale weeping willow guitar. Minor pentatonic shapes guitar scale overlapping life. Keep that in mind as you nail this, and all future licks in this ebook. Grab some amazing free blues lessons not on youtube click.
For example in the g minor pentatonic scale all g notes are root notes. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively. After trying many ways of teaching scales to students and moving them on to improvising and soloing, i have developed this exercise ebook to really get to grips with these 5 scale shapes. In this tutorial were going to study one of the most fun scales. Once you learn the string bends listed below, practice them using different shapes and in all keys. The trick here is to practice the patterns lots before you try and move it around. It is recommended to always practice with a metronome at 60 bpm and gradually increase the speed. This article serves as a reference for navigating minor pentatonic scales all over the guitar fretboard. But dont fret with the help of this course and just a couple of tweaks youll be well on your way to recognizing chord tones within the major pentatonic scale. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively minor and major pentatonic work great together in major keys and can say a lot more than if you were to just use one scale. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. Minor pentatonic the basic box shape free guitar lessons.
The e minor pentatonic scale is a useful and fun guitar scale to know. Subscribers only subscribe now play rhythm or lead guitar and experience jamming with a full band. Learn to play lead guitar by practicing these free pentatonic scale licks. This week im going to revisit the pentatonic scale. You can hear how they sound with the music at the bottom of the page. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys.
How to tell when you can use the e minor pentatonic scale in a way that musically works and. The 5 minor pentatonic positions deft digits guitar lessons. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. In this lesson artur explains the scale, and will teach you the 1st shape and give you 4 licks that.
High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. How to play the minor and major blues scales with solo examples. In this exercise we play our major pentatonic scale over the entire range of our instrument up and back down again. Particularly the minor pentatonic scale and how it overlaps notes in its parent major key. Talking about making good licks, here are some for you to try out. Many great solos were played with just 1 simple or easy guitar lick which varies throughout for the solo. Each lick has a corresponding audio example which is available for free download no strings attached. Pentatonic licks 15 pattern 3 for electric guitar solos. Look at these bass major pentatonic scale positions. Pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authenticsounding blues.
Easy soloing guide layout 1 guitar coach free online. It is also useful to use the major pentatonic major blues scale, once again to formulate some nice licks rather than being used in its entirety as a scale. Youll notice that every single note that i play comes from a pentatonic scale pattern seen in part 1. If you are playing in g major, use e minor pentatonic scale also know as g major pentatonic you have probably noticed that the pentatonic scale can be either a major or minor scale. This lead would sound good for a song in the key of e. When playing the a minor pentatonic scale, youll only ever need to use two fingers per string. These five licks will help you memorize all the pentatonic. Pdf guitar scales major pentatonic download full pdf.
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